Best Josef Freundorfer Podcasts (2025)

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Contemporary Philosophy 19:36

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This final episode describes the schools of thought that are prevalent during the 20th century and their influence on the times today. Emphasis is placed on the thinking of Hegel as well as the thinking of the schools of materialism and existentialism. Part 7 History of Philosophy Chapter 48 Contemporary Philosophy a. Overall view b. Georg Wilhelm …

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The History of Modern Philosophy 30:22

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This episode describes how the modernist philosophic movement began as a sequence of metaphysical errors and divisions which has deviated it from a Christian form of philosophical inquiry. Emphasis is laid on the immanentistic thinking of the humanists and the thinkers Rene Descartes and Immanuel Kant. Part 7 History of Philosophy Chapter 47 The hi…

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The History of Christian Philosophy 24:15

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This section describes the history of Christian philosophy and what makes it unique and Christian as a form of philosophical inquiry as well as what it has done for philosophy in the world. Emphasis is placed on the contribution of the great Christian thinkers Augustine and Thomas Aquinas. Part 7 History of Philosophy Chapter 46 This history of Chr…

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The History of Ancient Philosophy 27:56

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This section begins with a discussion of the historical setting for which Christianity started forming from. It emphasizes the schools of thought from Greece, more specifically that of Plato and Aristotle. Part 7 History of Philosophy Chapter 45 The History of Ancient Philosophy a. The historical setting of Christianity b. Plato (427-348 B.C.) c. A…

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Introduction to the History of Philosophy 11:50

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This episode introduces the importance of philosophy on theological questioning and how this relation has changed through time. Part 7 History of Philosophy Chapter 44 Introduction to the history of philosophy a. Philosophy as instrument of theology b. Overview of the history of philosophy

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Rights and Justice 8:55

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This episode discusses the nature of the enforcement of laws for the sake of the ordering of society and the attainment of the common good. It also discusses the nature of rights and duties for the individual. Part 6 Ethics Chapter 43 Rights and justice a. Nature of the juridical order: the juridical mind b. Rights and duties c. Private property…

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Government, Authority and Laws 10:28

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This episode discusses the achieving of the good of society in terms of authority and obedience. It describes the importance of government in the ordering of society as well as its limitations when it deviates from following the natural ordering of things Part 6 Ethics Chapter 42 Government, authority and laws a. Government and politics b. Authorit…

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The Family 14:26

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This episode describes the nature of family in light of the metaphysical understanding of man. It describes the importance of marriage and the family to society and the properties of marriage. Part 6 Ethics Chapter 41 The Family a. The nature of marriage b. The common good of the family c. Fundamental properties of the family d. Marriage and celiba…

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Society and the Common Good 23:51

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By making use of the metaphysical understanding of the common good for man this episode discusses the implications of this on society, the man who is a part of it. It talks of the structuring and ordering of society and the balance required for a society to flourish and the failings that arise when disorder or imbalance starts dividing society. Par…

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Moral Acts 21:28

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This episode discusses mans willfull freedom to act as he wishes and the relation of morality to those actions. Therefore it raises the topic of sin, its effects and also virtue and their attainment. Part 6. Ethics Chapter 39 Moral acts a. Will and Freedom b. Goodness and malice of human acts c. Moral evil or sin d. Types of sins e. Effects of sin …

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Moral Law and Conscience 22:05

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This section discusses the relation of moral law and man. It discusses the natural and eternal laws and how they are observed and practiced and where the conscience of man relates to it. Part 6. Ethics Chapter 38. Moral law and conscience a. Eternal law and moral law b. Characteristics of the natural law c. Knowledge of the natural law d. Content o…

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The Common Good 22:04

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Using the basis of ethics as laid out in the previous episodes this section begins by differentiating between the proper good and the common good and how they relate to mankind as well as individual persons as well as the obligation of men to look out for each other and the rest of reality. Part 6 Ethics Chapter 37 The common good a. Proper good an…

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The Last End 12:40

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This episode describes happiness as a beings attainment and possession of its last end, and the ways of understanding last end, both natural and supernatural. P6 Ethics Chapter 35 The last end a. Existence of a last end b. Identification of the last end c. Natural last end and supernatural last end d. Possession of the last end: happiness…

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Good and Evil 15:13

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This section describes goodness in practical metaphysical terms relating being to its end. It than discusses this good that each being ought to seek and the many aspects of evil which is a willful movement against the good. Part 6 Chapter 35 Good and Evil a. The good b. Participated beings have a good end or purpose c. The final good moves beings d…

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Introduction to Ethics 9:34

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This episode discusses the basis of ethics through the metaphysical understanding of man in relation to his end. It also introduces the manner in which ethics will be described as well as good and evil, ethical science vs moral uprightness. Part6 Ethics Chapter 34 Introduction a. Metaphysics b. Free Actions c. Ethics as part of metaphysics d. Ethic…

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Man in the World 22:03

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This episode discusses the implications of the metaphysical nature of man on all aspects of his life and interactions with himself, humanity, nature and God. It is followed by an appendix on Catholic doctrine about man Part 5 Metaphysics of Man Chapter 33 a. The social nature of man b. Natural sciences c. Man and history d. Human work e. The sancti…

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The Person and Human Nature 7:26

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This section describes man as an individual person with personality within the universe and the nature of man as universal and their relationship to eachother. Part 5 Metaphysics of man Chapter 32 The person and human nature a. Nature as individuated b. Person and personality c. The place of the person in the universe…

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The Human Soul 11:11

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This section discusses spirituality and the human soul from the foundations of metaphysics and the many implications for man and society. Part 5 Metaphysics of man Chapter 31 The human soul a. Spirituality of the human soul b. The soul as substantial form of the body: no reincarnation c. The spiritual perfection of man d. Origin of the human soul e…

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Freedom 13:51

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This episode discusses the metaphysical nature of Freedom and the different types of freedom and that which touches itself on man as either good or evil. Part 5 Metaphysics of man Chapter 30 Freedom a. What is Freedom b. Inner freedom and exterior freedom c. Freedom of choice: determinism d. The root of the freedom of man e. Freedom and necessity f…

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The Will 15:02

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This section discusses the nature and object of the human will, emotions and goodness. It than relates all of these to human freedom and God as the last ends. Part 5 Metaphysics of Man Chapter 29 The will a. Nature and object of the will. The emotions b. The good of man c. the will and the last end d. Natural inclination of the will as distinct e. …

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Judgement 13:26

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This episode discusses how the human intelligence judges the information which the senses provide it. This naturally follows into how things such as truth and certainty are related to this as well as nature of knowledge in relation to man. Part 5 Metaphysics of man Chapter 28 Judgement a. The operation of judging b. Judgement and truth c. Certainty…

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Simple Apprehension 17:59

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This section begins with a discussion of how the mind and intelligence interacts with reality through the senses and the relation and implications that arise. It than discusses the means by which reality is transferred to the intelligence and its different uses. Part 5 Metaphysics of Man Chapter 27 Simple Apprehension a. Understanding begins in the…

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Intelligence 10:20

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This episode discusses the nature of the intelligence in man as well as its object and a brief summary of its function. Part 5 Metaphysics of Man Chapter 26 Intelligence a. Overview b. Nature and object of the intelligence c. Process of understanding

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Introduction to the Metaphysics of Man 21:44

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This episode introduces the metaphysics of man by discussing the nature of man through the lens of metaphysics on both an individual and a social level and the many different implications. It summarizes the methods with which this will be broken down and analyzed over the next episodes in order to better understand man. Part 5 Metaphysics of man Ch…

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Divine Operation 14:18

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This episode discusses the implication of the metaphysical understanding of God on the Christian and how we can relate and are related to Him on a metaphysical and therefore relational level. Part 4 Natural Theology Chapter 24 Divine operation a. God is personal b. Divine is knowledge c. Divine will: God is love e. God as creator f. God's presence …

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God is Ipsum Esse Subsistens 22:43

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This episode elaborates upon the metaphysical definition of God and the many attributes that we can therefore know of him from such a strictly natural understanding of him. Part 4 Natural Theology Chapter 23 God is Ipsum Esse Subsistens a. The essence of God b. The simplicity of God c. The transcendence of God d. The supreme goodness of God e. How …

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Ways of Demonstrating the Existence of God 19:17

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This episode discusses the many classical intellectual proofs of the existence of a God. These obviously do not prove the personhood, mercy or love of a God in the Christian sense, but the existence of a God through the use of metaphysics, and many corollaries associated with that metaphysical knowledge of God. Part 4 Natural Theology Chapter 22 Wa…

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God Is 24:38

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This episode discusses a variety of the implications that come from the study of metaphysics and God including discussions of the criticisms therewith. Part 4 Natural Theology Chapter 21 God Is a. Man can know God: natural and supernatural knowledge b. Natural theology as highest achievement of metaphysics c. Philosophy cannot ignore God d. Reason …

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Concluding Review of Metaphysics 4:16

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This episode discusses the importance of the study of metaphysics for the good and proper study of theology and understanding of God. Part 3 Metaphysics Chapter 20 Concluding Review of Metaphysics a. The analogy of being and our knowledge of God b. Natural and supernatural wisdom

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Transcendental Properties of Being 19:41

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This chapter discusses the transcendental properties of being and the implications of them both to the particular individual and on a social level as a byproduct of the metaphysical analysis of God, man and reality. Beauty is the harmonious summation of these properties made visible. Part 3 Metaphysics Chapter 19 Transcendental properties of being …

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Being and causality 26:08

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This chapter discusses what cause is, and elaborates on the different types of cause in the context of metaphysics, touching upon God and reality. Part 3 Metaphysics Chapter 18 Being and Causality a. Elucidation of terms b. Origin of the concept of cause: the four causes c. Material cause and formal cause: Theological relevance d. The efficient cau…

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The Activity of Created Being 8:10

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This section discusses the implications of being a human person in relation to reality and God, which underly the Christian way of life and religion. Part 3 Metaphysics Chapter 17 The activity of created being a. Esse and nature as principles of activity b. Application to value of human life c. Beings act according to their nature d. Activity as th…

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The Act of Being and the Essence 16:35

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This episode, making use of the understanding built up from the previous chapters, discusses being and its relation to people and God through time. Part 3 Metaphysics Chapter 16 The act of being and the essence a. Ultimate structure of the finite subsistent b. Predicamental and transcendental c. The participation of being as basis of the analogy of…

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The Essence 18:23

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This episode introduces and differentiates the terms essence, nature, concept and form and describes them in terms of reality and metaphysics. Part 3 Metaphysics Chapter 15 The Essence a. Elucidation of terms: essence, nature, concept, definition b. Essence and form c. The principles of individuation…

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Potency and Act 9:18

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This episode discusses potency and act and how they interrelate in a perfect and imperfect way reflecting the growth of substance and accidents in the metaphysical reality. Part 3 Metaphysics Chapter 14 Potency and Act a. Simplicity of these concepts, gathered from experience of change b. Motion as passage from potency to act c. Other metaphysical …

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Substance and Accidents 18:43

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This episode discusses in detail the technical metaphysical definitions of substance and accidents and the many implications that arise. Part 3 Metaphysics Chapter 13 Substance and Accidents a. The evidence of change and the truth about being b. The notion of being applies primarily to substance c. Accident: secondary manners of being d. Substance …

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The Starting Point of the Metaphysical Road 11:25

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This episode starts concisely defining the terms used in metaphysics as well as conveying their relevance to observing and understanding reality Part 3 Metaphysics Chapter 12 The starting point of the metaphysical road a. Being, to be, essence, existence b. The starting point of metaphysics c. Metaphysical progress…

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General Introduction to Metaphysics 16:21

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This episode discusses Metaphysics and its most basic insights and how they relate to understanding reality and how a denial of them leads to confusion. Part 3 Metaphysics Chapter 11 General introduction to metaphysics a. Metaphysics: the science of being as being b. The object of Metaphysics c. Being is analogical d. The principle of non-contradic…

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The History of Philosophy 6:35

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This section discusses what is meant by 'history of philosophy' through the relation of time and truth. Part 2 Introduction to Philosophy Chapter 10 The History of Philosophy a. Metaphysics and Truth b. Cultural Relativism

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The Method of Metaphysics 17:41

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This episode discusses how metaphysics leads underpins ones ability to know reality. It briefly summarizes the processes with which somebody makes use of it and how these lead one to know reality in its varying ways of being know. Part 2 Introduction to Christian Philosophy Chapter 9 The Method of metaphysics a. Philosophy begins with wonder b. Sci…

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Other Aspects of Christian Philosophy and their Theological Relevance 12:36

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This episode discusses how a proper understanding of metaphysics puts all other areas of learning in their right position and orientation towards God. That a corrupting of metaphysical understanding skews how to both teach and learn all other subjects. Part 2 Introduction to Christian Philosophy Chapter 8 Other aspects of Christian Philosophy and t…

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Metaphysics of First Philosophy 23:11

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This chapter introduces the most fundamental terms and concepts of metaphysics as well as how they relate to ones understanding of God and man within the context of reality. Part 2 Introduction to Christian Philosophy Chapter 7 Metaphysics of first philosophy a. The science of being as being b. Substance and accidents, potentiality and actuality c.…

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The Nature of Philosophy 18:56

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This chapter begins with a lengthy discussion of what is philosophy and its many implications. It further elaborates on the general areas of study within philosophy and their distinctions. Part 2 Introduction to Christian Philosophy Chapter 6 The Nature of Philosophy a. History and etymology of the term b. Wisdom as knowledge of the ultimate causes…

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Disposition of the Christian toward Philosophy 9:36

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This chapter discusses some differences in how different cultures view philosophy and important distinctions between them, and how the Christian form of Philosophy is a common foundation for western culture, thought, art and society. It ends with a brief introduction to the relation between faith and reason. Part 2 Introduction to Christian Philoso…

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Development of Philosophy in Christianity 20:30

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This chapter discusses the historical nature of the development and augmentation of a uniquely Christian form of Philosophy, including many areas of error or common deviance that tend to occur. Part 2 Introduction to Christian Philosophy Chapter 4 Development of philosophy in Christianity a. Beginning of theology in Christianity b. The original syn…

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The Philosophical Exercise of Reason as Instrument of Theology 19:19

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This chapter discusses the different ways of knowing and how they relate to the natural and supernatural reality, including a brief summary of the history of philosophy entering the modern world. Part 1 An Introduction to Theology Chapter 3 The philosophical exercise of reason as instrument of theology a. Spontaneous knowledge and philosophical kno…

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Theology as a Science 27:14

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This episode describes the purpose of theology as well as our ability to understand it. It discusses the relationship of man's use of reason and divine and natural revelation within this context. Part 1 An Introduction to Theology Chapter 2 Theology as a Science a. The object of Theology b. Source of theological knowledge: divine revelation c. The …

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Theological Training 25:52

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This episode summarizes the motivations and reasons for this work as well as a brief summary of the organization and ordering of the book. Part 1 An Introduction to Theology Chapter 1. Theological Training a. The need for doctrinal formation: a consequence of our divine vocation b. Reasons for this study c. A special reason d. Content of Theologica…

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Preface 6:08

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Preface to the third Edition of the book Christian Philosophy as written by the author in Manilla in 1994 on the memorial of St Thomas Aquinas, 28th of January. Written by Joseph M. De Torre and read by Josef Freundorfer with permission from Sinag Tala Publishers

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P7Ch48e Existentialism 3:49

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Part 7 History of Philosophy Chapter 48 Contemporary Philosophy Section e. Existentialism This section looks at the breadth of existentialist thinkers and their immanent subjectivism.